dormer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dor·mer /ˈdɔːmə $ ˈdɔːrmər/, dormer window British English noun [countable] DHTBBa window built into a roof, so that it sticks out from the roof 〔建在斜屋顶上的〕竖天窗，老虎窗，屋顶窗 → skylight →5 see picture at 见图 window
Examples from the Corpus
dormer• Any place where a dormer meets a roof, or a roof meets a wall.• On the top floor the bedrooms had pretty sloping ceilings and dormer windows peering out under eyelid gables.• This has resulted in a very simple roof form, a double pitch without projections or dormers.• High pitched roofs contain the typical ornamental dormers.• It pledged to put cute little Colonial-style dormers on the store.• The late Gothic façades are surmounted with steeply pitched roofs containing tall dormer windows.• Meredith peeped out of the dormer window at the sun sparkling on the wet slates and road.• We sat on the corrugated tin to catch our breath, then Martinez crawled to the dormer.Origin dormer (1500-1600) Old French dormeor “sleeping room”, from dormir; → DORMANTdor·mer nounChineseSyllable
a that built Corpus sticks roof, into it a so window
